Cheryl Rice

(North Canton, OH – January 23, 2009) – Cheryl A. Rice has been named vice president of student services and enrollment management at Stark State College in North Canton. Her appointment was unanimously approved at Wednesday’s Board of Trustees meeting. Rice has served as interim vice president in that position since August 2008.

Rice will be responsible for the leadership and management of student service areas such as admissions, student recruitment, financial aid, registration, disability services, academic advising and orientation, multicultural student affairs and career services.

Her responsibilities also encompass strategic enrollment management, which includes enrollment growth, and the planning and implementation of strategies to maximize student success at the College, which has more than doubled its credit enrollment in the past eight years, surpassing 9300 students in fall 2008.

“Stark State has experienced tremendous growth and our goal is to ensure that service needs of our diverse student body are supported,” said Rice. “I look forward to working with faculty and staff to meet the needs of key stakeholders across the College and in the community.”

The College has also experienced growth in their satellite centers and other off-campus course sites. Nearly 1800 students are enrolled at satellite centers in Alliance, Carrollton, Downtown Canton, and at off-campus course sites such as R. G. Drage Career Technical Center in Massillon and Fairless High School in Navarre.

Rice, who is currently pursuing her Ph.D in Education with an emphasis on Community College Leadership, also serves as Executive Director of the Ohio Skills Bank – Region 9, a state-wide initiative that provides an analysis of qualified workers to meet the state’s employment needs.

Rice earned her MBA from Oklahoma City University and her bachelor’s degree from the University of Kentucky. She has served as an instructor, associate professor and programs coordinator in the marketing and management technologies department of the College’s business technologies division since 2000. She is past president of Stark State’s Faculty Association and serves on the College’s accreditation team, the strategic planning committee and various other governance committees.

Prior to entering academia, Rice worked in various management and marketing positions in health care in Ohio, Oklahoma and Kentucky.

Rice and her husband Paul live in North Canton.